Method for linking program execution status information

Abstract

A method for automatically linking program execution status information during the execution of a program to display the execution status information of the program by a multi-window display having a plurality of sectioned areas for use in the development of the software program. In the method for displaying the program execution status information, text data of a program having a plurality of instruction statements sequentially executed in the order of line numbers is prestored, and the following steps are carried out in the course of the execution of the program: storing image information which is continuously obtained by recording output screen image and interaction images between a computer and an operator as the program is executed, together with recorded image data identification numbers determined in accordance with a predetermined rule; storing execution history information inputted by an operator or generated in the course of the execution of the program, together with history numbers assigned in a predetermined sequence; and correlatively storing in a table the recorded image data identification numbers, the line numbers of the program corresponding to the recorded image information having the recorded image data identification number assigned thereto, and the history numbers assigned to the execution history information corresponding to the programs designated by the line numbers.

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